[3] The festival's name was selected to work bilingually in both English and French; the words "image" and "nation" have the same spelling and meaning in both languages, and when combined into one name with the plus sign, representing "and" in English or "et" in French, the pronunciation remains homophonous in both languages with imagination.

Launched in 1987,[4] the festival's mission is to represent, protect and prepare the present and future generations of queer storytellers and media makers while building empathy through sharing stories with audiences in Canada and throughout the world.

Each year the festival screens the best of local and international queer cinema at various Montréal venues, focusing on new voices and evolving means of storytelling in contemporary culture.

[6] In 2016, the festival developed a series of educational and mentoring programs dedicated to nurturing emerging content, under the name of I+N Explore (fka I+N ProLab).

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